Murder Ink; The Mystery Reader's Companion
by Winn,, Dilys
- Used
- very good
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Sun CIty Center, Florida
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About This Item
Workman Publishing, New York, 1977. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Red hardcover oversized book with black lettering. Indexed. Chapters such as: The mystery history, mystery critic, mystery bookcase, oerpretators, bloodhounds, private eyes and spies.and more. Shows some use with "bumped" corners - no underlining or highlighting that I found - just not a crisp, fresh copy, no particular flaws. Size: Sm 4to (9-11 inches tall). 522 pp. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10250.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Bag Lady Books
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 10250
- Title
- Murder Ink; The Mystery Reader's Companion
- Author
- Winn,, Dilys
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing, New York
- Date published
- 1977
- Keywords
- BOOKS ON BZDB292 NOISBN MYSTERY, REFERENCE BOOKS; BOOKS::REFERENCE; MYSTERY; REFERENCE. MURDER INK THE MYSTERY READERS COMPANION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books On Books;
Terms of Sale
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Sun CIty Center, Florida
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About Old Bag Lady Books
Old Bag Lady Books & Stuff began as Center Aisle Books in 1991 as a 'brick and mortar' store in Michigan. We relocated to Saint Augustine, FL and then moved to SW FL where we sold from an antique mall until Hurricane Charley blew it away. We are now an internet only seller - unit histories, Florida & MI history and other quality out-of-print and collectible books.
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